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J. W. ABEL. Ironing-Machine.

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JACOB 7. ABEL, 0F BUFFALO, NEl/V YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN lRONlNGe-MACl-HNES.

eeitieation formingl part of Letters Patent No. 197,073, dated November 13, 1877;

application led September 24, 1377.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, JACOB TV. ABEL, of Buiiialo, in the eounty ol' Erie and State of New' York, have invented (certain .new and uselul Improvements on a (lomllined Vi/"ard-` rohe and Ironing-Illaehiue; and` l. do hereby declare that the tollowing -desl':rii l:ion of my said invention, taken in connection with the aeeznnpanyiug sheets ol' drawings, forms a full, elear, and exaet s] eeilieati m, which will enable others skilled in the artto which it '.tppertains to make and use the same. 4

My present invention relates to a eouihined wardrobe, and ironing.;--maehine; and it eonsistsin the peeulia arrangement ol" part-s and details ot' eoustruel ion, as hereinatter first lnll y set forth a1 nl deserihed, and subsequently pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings heretofore mentioned, Fi gur( l is a front elevation of my improved coinbined wardrobe and ironing-maniline. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the 4 ,ironing meehanism. Fig. 3 is a side eleva-tion, and Fig. l a transverse seetional elevation in line X X ot Fig. 2, on an enlarged s alle.

Like letters oi' reinenee indicate correspond Ving` parts in all th'e igures. v

A is a wardrobe or portable closet, consisting of a table having,r the usual legs B,aiid

part of the spa-ee underneath the tahle closed up and provided with drawers (l. The haseplateupon whieh this closet andthe tablelegs stand is composed ot two parts, D and lil, the, latterbeing arranged, to slide into the. former,

and provided with tongues litting; grooves iu said part l). Upon this slide .'l are seein-ed the standards F, earl-ying' the halaneearheel and pulleyY ("r, and the treadle ll, by means ol` which and the eonneeling-rod il, the said wheel (iis rota-ted. lpon the table, whieh, like the.

basesplate, is eomposed ot two parts, l and J,

the latterheiuej a rranr'ed to slide iulo the t'ou mor, andprovided with tongues littiug 5i-taires in tl1 i,tal.il( .leat` l, is seenred the lied-1 late l( ofthe ironing-niaehine, whieh latter is eemposed of two metallio rollers, li li', plaeed horizontally one above the other, and relating' Within the hearings rt o' and I; Il', the l'orluer hearings beine' those tor the upper and the latter those for the, lower roller. 'l'lie upper roller L is supported ln( .l standard. Nvharingr an arm, Q, terminating in a head, P, from which projects the arm Q, to whose front ex'- tremity the hearing'. a is secured, While the n hearing;- a' is attached to, or formed in one part with, the head P. From thestandard N proieets a stud, R., Fig. 1, upon which revolve the pulleys S S',ai1d from t-he head P protrudes a similar stud, T, upon which revolvethe pulley 'U and rear-wheel V. This latter wheel meshes a similar wheel, V', placed upon the pivot l of the roller L. l

The lower roller L revolves by frietional eontaot with the upper roller, and supported within a yielding hed composed of the two side pieces c c and the platforms d d', the lat- 'ter servingas a table. for the. fabrie tio he ironed. This bed is earried upon spiral springs e e, passed over rods j', which rods are united at their lower extremity by the transverse plates g, which plates, in turn, are connected together by the hail The lied-plate K ot the machine has eentrall v a curved depression, as clearly shown in Fig. 4, so as to atlord space for Ithe spiral springs e, and also to serve as a protector to prevent the heat rz'ldiating' from the lower roller lfrom aii'eet-iug the wood-work ol" the closet.

The rollers Il L are hollow, the lower one being provided with a eentral cone, m, and the upper one with a .series of longitudinal passages, n, arranged eoneentrieally with the roller-pivot l. These passages m and a receive heated irons or bolts in lhousual manner, whereh)- thel said rollers are heated'.

The operation ol' this maehine as follows, 1o wit: The slides .l and E are pulled out so that nearlythe entire ironinganaehine proieels 'over the table, and the balaneefwheel and pulleyY (l is in line with the pulley S. Now the heated holls are. inserted into their respeetive plaees. and the rollers rotated hy means ol' the pulley b', eemmunieatingr motion to the palle)Y ll, and the wheel V transmitting; .said motion lo the wheel Y'. 'llle tillnie t0 be uoned is passed llelween said rollers, and emerges therefrom in a perl'eelly smooth eondition aller having-lui'en .u'ted upon hy said rollers, the neeessariY pressure lieing obtained la' the, spiral springs e e. ',lo insert'. the tallrie, the lower roller eau he. pulled downward with both ends of the roller through the rods f and plates g, allows this to be done very readily.

It is evident that, the power available for revolving the rollers bein g, in the present ease, foot-power, the said rollers niustbe geared to such a speed only that a lady engaged in op erating the in achine can readilyr perform the v goods, sueh as halnllierehiefs', enits, collars,

shawls, and sil'nilar articles which are not enibroidered, and it will be very advantageously employed in hotels for ironing` sheets and ta.- ble-linen, towels, &c.

For family use I have provided the stand with suitable drawers, so that the ironed goods may be at once stored away. f Then not in use the slides J and E arepushed in, when the machine will not oeeupy more Hoorspace than the common sewing-machine, unless a large capacit-y for t le wardrobe is a desideratuni; and rtlmworking parts Imay be protected by the folding top X, which, when properly adjusted, forms a peri'eet cover for the sind parts. Having thus fully described my invention,

I desire to secure to me by Letters Patent of ,a

the United Statesl. In au ironing apparatus, a frame supportingr slides E and J, the former carrying; the operating and the latter the ironing mechanism, the whole heini;` constructed and arranged substantial]l',Y as and ior the purpose set forth.

2. The voinbiinliion, with the slide J of the bed-plaie l, standard N, having the arni 0, head l, arin Q, and bearings ci a', and the rollers L L', said roller L being;` fitted within a rieldinn bed late as and foigthe )nr )ose Y u o n 7 stated.

3. The combination, with the roller L, of the standard N, pulleys S Sl, pulley U, gearavheel V, and wheel V', as described.

4. The combination, with the bed-plate K, of the bem'lngpieces l) b', ibi-:ning bearings for the roller ll', platforms d d', rods j", springs e, plates y, and the bail as speelied.

In testimony that lV claim the ibregoing as lny invention I have hereto set iny hand and ailixed my seal in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses. Y-

JACOB ABEL.

Attest:

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